I've had this one wooden alphabet block sitting around for ages. I gesso'd it up and then covered the non-letter sides with scraps of painted tissue I had in my stash. Some little buttons and a heart sticker finished off her body.
I glued a piece of a book page to chipboard and then stamped Linda's head over that and cut it out. Her cheeks and eyes are colored with Copics and then I added some Diamond Glaze to her eyes to make them shiny and dimensional. Some doll hair, which I've had for (ahem) 17 years(!) finished off her head.
I wrapped some wire around a skewer for her arms and cut up a chopstick for her legs. I stamped Linda's lower half onto tissue paper, colored her shorts with Copics and then glued that onto the chopsticks. Her shoes are chipboard.
This was a really fun project; I just need to figure out where to hang her. What are you going to do for the challenge this week? Want to give an art doll a try?
13 comments:
Ohh, this is so cool, I've had one of these blocks for ages too, I will have to make myself one of these dolls, so darn cute!!
What a great idea, I hope you hang her up somewhere soon!
Sally
Great job! Trish would be proud of your art doll I am sure! She looks fabulous!
Very cool ! I did see Trish's dolls and I think it is a great idea. I love yours !
Corrie x
Your little "something-something" doll is just so darn cute, Julie! Such a clever idea!
Amazing Art Doll Julie, very cool for this weeks challenge. Have visited and followed Trish Latimer's blog as I would love to make something like this, thank you for the link :-)
This is great!
Lucy x
Love her what a fab project Have a great weekeend
love her Julie! That hair is fab! Great idea about using wire coils for arms, looks really effective! xxxxxxxxx
I love her! You did a great job. Have you found a home for her yet?
Thanks! As of right now, she's dangling precariously from a book shelf support. She'll be re-homed at some point but for now she's happy (and not buried by miscellany on my desk!). ;)
So cool. Love what you've done with here !!!
Love your little doll. I made a similar shaped puppet with tin foil when I was a child. So blast to the past for me.
Julie x
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